# My favorite text smiley.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 5, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904 "2004-01-05T23:41:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Red\_Matrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/34f0e0/32.png) [@Red\_Matrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Matrix)\
**Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/1 "2004-01-05T23:41:15Z")

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Before there were emoticons or any GUI-smileys, there was the original thang… 🙂

My favorite _silly_ smiley was the Klingon! {{{:-/ Second only to the 😛

What were your favorites? And did you create any yourself?  
-RMx  
reaper of non beliver’s souls since this morning – Horseflesh

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**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/2 "2004-01-06T00:32:01Z")

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I don’t know if I invented it but I use a pirate smiley at appropriate times.

P-)

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**Author:** ![maralinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@maralinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maralinn)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/3 "2004-01-06T00:35:43Z")

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I invented the drooley  
:-) ~~~~~  
but others probably did too.

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/4 "2004-01-06T00:40:37Z")

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The clown smiley: \*\<:o)

and of course, the “help, there’s a spider on my head!” smiley: #😮

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**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/5 "2004-01-06T03:26:42Z")

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The monkey smiley.

(8-(|)

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/6 "2004-01-06T03:30:34Z")

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My favorite has always been the Cthulhu smiley:

(Oo)  
/|||\

Man, I hope that comes out right.

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**Author:** ![BuckleberryFerry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@BuckleberryFerry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BuckleberryFerry)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/7 "2004-01-06T03:54:30Z")

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@@@🙂 Marge Simpson

((🙂 Homer Simpson

I didn’t invent them, but I enjoy them

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**Author:** ![Tremmie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Tremmie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tremmie)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/8 "2004-01-06T04:02:02Z")

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~0-( The sad cyclops having a bad hair day…  
\<(’’\<) \<(’ ‘)\> (\>’’)\> the kirby dance!  
0.o o.0 The twitchy look

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**Author:** ![Tarrsk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/97f17d/32.png) [@Tarrsk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarrsk)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/9 "2004-01-06T04:20:06Z")

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The reverse gape smiley always looked cutest to me.

D: !

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/10 "2004-01-06T05:54:00Z")

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I’ve always liked

8^)

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**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/11 "2004-01-06T06:06:31Z")

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I like Japanese smiles:

**🙂**

A smile!  
**(^\_^)**

A more common variation.  
**(\>_\<…)(…\>_\<)**

Denying strongly (bun bun) (Imagine someone shaking his/her head strongly)

I Never did use them before though, as the OP mentions, we have our GUI-smileys: 🙂

[sub]That last smilie is a pain in message boards like this one, which swallow spaces![/sub]

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/12 "2004-01-06T11:21:42Z")

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How about this one… bear with me…

🙂

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**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/13 "2004-01-06T12:08:28Z")

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I always liked to have a little hair  
=:-)

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**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/14 "2004-01-06T12:19:13Z")

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$8-)

Bespectacled smiley with a toupee.

: [)]

Monkey smiley or smiley with goatee.

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**Author:** ![Marks\_1st\_wife](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Marks\_1st\_wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marks_1st_wife)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/15 "2004-01-06T12:20:03Z")

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:~)

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/16 "2004-01-06T13:02:04Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> \*Originally posted by GIGObuster \*  
> \*\*I like Japanese smiles:
> 
> **🙂**  
> \*\*

I always thought of those as kitty-cat smilies, for some reason.

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**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/17 "2004-01-06T13:19:30Z")

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:=(

Hitler “smilie” - not very useful…

Grim

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**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/18 "2004-01-06T15:59:50Z")

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For all you Pogues fans out there, there’s the [Shane MacGowan](http://www.shanemacgowan.com/pics/young.jpg) smilie.

:^#

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/19 "2004-01-06T16:04:56Z")

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:Þ  
\<alt\>0222 for the character.

This is my most often used. Kind of cheeky. Looks a whole lot better in some fonts than others.

?-|  
(dead smilie). Never actually had occasion to use it.

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**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\
**Post date:** [January 6, 2004, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-favorite-text-smiley/222904/20 "2004-01-06T16:06:56Z")

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Should have hit preview. The dead smiley should have a double obelisk for eyes.

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